Coleman fuel, often called "white gas" is not the same as the gasoline you buy at the pump. Coleman fuel has an octane rating of about 55, gasoline starts at 87. Of course if you are interested in shortening your life expectancy and of those around you......Our emergency Coleman multifuel camp stove uses gasoline. Can all 'camping' stoves use it too, or does it use a special burner?
Coleman fuel, often called "white gas" is not the same as the gasoline you buy at the pump. Coleman fuel has an octane rating of about 55, gasoline starts at 87. Of course if you are interested in shortening your life expectancy and of those around you......
Coleman fuel also does not have the additives that gasoline has.
Sounds like I'll stick with the denatured alcohol , the methyl hydrate is $10.49 for 4litres the alcohol is $25 for 2 litres up here , but I doubt I'll use enough to make a difference over the season .
Coleman fuel - Wikipedia
FYI--the difference is due principally to the number of carbon bonds.The heat of combustion for Methanol (Methyl Hydrate) is lower than Ethanol (Stove fuel, Denatured Alcohol). Ethanol has 12,800 BTU per pound of fuel while Methanol has 9,800 BTU per pound. For comparison Propane has 21,000 BTUs per pound.
So, while Methanol might be cheaper to purchase, you will use more fuel heat your food and it will take longer. Use Denatured Alcohol from the hardware store. Same as stove fuel and cheaper.
Heat of combustion - Wikipedia
EXCUSE ME?"Any idiot can make a boat go; it takes a sailor to stop one" ... Spike Africa. 1964aboard the schooner "Wanderer" Sausalito, Ca.
On a unrelated note , " Wanderer " was on owned by actor Sterling Hayden for years and was in Tahiti in 1959 , may Dad boarded her at her moorage there , I have a picture taken at the time , it was quite the boat .
I was just about to say that.FYI--the difference is due principally to the number of carbon bonds.
Methanol ----Ethanol -----Propane
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Of course if you are interested in shortening your life expectancy and of those around you......
I have operated and owned boats with up to four, 454 gas engines and hundreds of gallons of gasoline in the tanks, so I hardly think a quarter liter of gas in a sealed tank, is of much concern! Above and beyond that I actually read the instructions that came with the stove, and several articles about using this particular stove.Do not use gasoline!!!!!
FYI--the difference is due principally to the number of carbon bonds.
Methanol ----Ethanol -----Propane
Actually it is slightly more complex. The C-H bond is stronger than the C-OH bond so when it breaks more energy is released. The OH changes the gas to an alcohol.I was just about to say that.